An ethnohistory of the western Ojibwa, 1780-1830

This thesis traces the development of the western Ojibwa as an ethinic gorup. Reasons for Ojibwa movement into the area west of Red River are examined, inlcuding the nature of their involvement in the fur trade and the effects of the smallpox epidemic of the early 1780's. Their initial presen...

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Main Author: Peers, Laura Lynn
Language:en_US
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3571